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Legislators renew push to legalize industrial hemp growing

Submitted by Marijuana News on Fri, 05/22/2015 - 08:54

(Harrisburg) -- While state lawmakers consider legalizing marijuana for medical use, some are urging the commonwealth at least allow one type of the crop for commercial use.

Advocates view industrial hemp as a win-win.

Let's first be clear: industrial hemp is like marijuana, but can't really be smoked.

Instead the plant is used in clothes, cars, and paper, among many other goods.

Bills in both the state Senate and House would legalize commercial harvesting of the crop and legislators used a recent hearing to build a case for it.

Jonathan Miller with Kentucky's Hemp Industry Council was once was a lawmaker who thought it would be easy to vote against something associated with marijuana.

But, he says he did his research, and it paid off.

"Traveling around the state, informing them about the difference between industrial hemp and marijuana, we were not only able to secure passage of legislation in...

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